Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia | |
Location: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Establishment: | 2010 |
Final Year: | 2017 |
Course: | Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club |
Par: | 71 |
Yardage: | 6208yd |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Purse: | $1.8 million |
Month Played: | October |
Aggregate: | 265 Lexi Thompson (2014) |
To-Par: | −19 Lexi Thompson (2014) |
Final Champion: | Cristie Kerr |
The Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was played for the first time in October 2010 at the East Course at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The title sponsor was Sime Darby, Malaysia's leading multinational conglomerate involved in five core sectors: plantations, property, industrial, motors, and energy and utilities, with a growing presence in healthcare.
The debut tournament was a limited field event with 50 players invited from the official LPGA money list and an additional ten invited sponsor exemptions, including two ASEAN nations local qualifiers. A 54-hole event with no cut, all 60 players played for the entire tournament.[1] The purse was $1.8 million.
The event was increased to 72 holes in 2011, with a no-cut field of 72 players. The purse was increased to $1.9 million.
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total[2] | |
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Yards | 366 | 409 | 393 | 348 | 178 | 471 | 168 | 388 | 410 | 3,131 | 341 | 393 | 496 | 286 | 342 | 136 | 521 | 157 | 390 | 3,062 | 6,193 | |
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) | |
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26–29 Oct | 70-63-65-71=269 | −15 | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 | 270,000 | |||||
27–30 Oct | 66-70-64-67=267 | −17 | 3 strokes | 1,800,000 | 270,000 | |||||
8–11 Oct | 69-67-65-65=266 | −18 | 4 strokes | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | |||||
9–12 Oct | 67-67-69-63=266 | −18 | 3 strokes | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | |||||
10–13 Oct | 67-63-66-69=265 | −19 | 4 strokes | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | |||||
11–14 Oct | 69-68-65-67=269 | −15 | 2 strokes | 1,900,000 | 285,000 | |||||
13–16 Oct | 66-68-67-68=269 | −15 | 1 stroke | 1,900,000 | 285,000 | |||||
22–24 Oct | 70-69-65=204 | −9 | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
Year | Player | Score | Round | |
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2013 | 62 (−9) | 2nd |